Romo all but promises he’ll lead Cowboys to Super Bowl win

Tony Romo stepped out of character Thursday and all but promised the Dallas Cowboys would win a Super Bowl while he’s quarterback.

In some of the sharpest criticism leveled at Romo after the Cowboys’ epic collapse against the Detroit Lions two weeks ago, Sanders said on the NFL Network that the 31-year-old passer wasn’t good enough to win a Super Bowl.

Speaking to the Dallas media for the first time since the club suffered the greatest collapse in team history, Romo responded with a bold statement that raised eyebrows because he usually doesn’t mix it up with his critics or issue provocative quotes.

“Deion is welcomed to his opinion about stuff,” Romo said. “Deion is Deion. He is what he is. We’re going to go out here and we’re going to play good football.

“This team’s going to win a Super Bowl at some point, and it’s going to be exciting when that time comes. And when we look back, we’ll know who was on what side of the fence during the toughest moments.”

The Lions intercepted Romo three times in the second half, returning two for touchdowns and turning the third into a 40-yard drive that produced the winning touchdown in a 34-30 win that saw them overcome a 24-point third-quarter deficit.

In the season opener, Romo committed two turnovers that allowed the New York Jets to overcome a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit and gain a 27-24 victory. The next two weeks Romo earned praised for ignoring a fractured rib and a punctured lung while leading the Cowboys to come-from-behind wins over the San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins.

“I don’t understand this guy,” Sanders said on the NFL Network after the Cowboys coughed up the big lead against the Lions. “Just when you want to believe in him – heroic effort, comeback against San Francisco, they said punctured lung and everything. And we praised him. We said, ‘Yeah, he’s that leader, he’s their guy.’ And then you come and do this. What are you thinking?

“Sooner or later, we’ve just got to quit guessing and assuming that this guy’s the guy to get you over the hump and say, ‘You know what? This guy is always going to be great statistically, but he’s not that guy that can take you where you want to go.’ And that’s the Super Bowl.”